Gun-case.



PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.

F. L. SHELDON.

GUN CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAI 13. 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

FRANK L. SHELDON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO Tl-IE CURTAIN SUPPLYCOMPANY, OF NEVARK, NEI/V JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEV JERSEY.

GUN-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. I`84,901, dated March14, 1905.

Application led May 13, 1904. Serial No. 207,825.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. SHELDoN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Gun- Cases, of which the following isaspeciiication.

This invention relates to gun-cases, and more particularly to ahand-case for holding the parts of a gun in knocked-down condition fortransportation or storage.

Among the salient objects of my invention are to provide a gun-case ofiiXed form and dimensions, said case being not longer than the barrelsof the gun to be contained therein nor wider nor thicker, respectively,than the widest and thickest portions of the gunstock; to provide a caseof such dimensions with a partition member of soft flexible material,forming a pocket to receive the barrels of the gun and adapted to foldabout the same to form a padding between the stock and barrels, wherebysaid stock and said barrels may be placed in the case in overlapping orinterfitting relation to each other, thus making it possible toconstruct a gun-case of substantially less cross-sectional area thanwhere a partition of stiif material is used to divide the case into twolongitudinally-extending chambers, for the reason that no portion of thestock can overlap any portion of the barrels When a stil partition isused, but, on the contrary, they must be wholly on opposite sides of theplane of the partition, and to provide a gun-case of the characterreferred to which is simple, convenient, durable, and economical tomanufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating one embodiment of theinvention, Figure l is a side elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is asectional View of the case,showing the arrangement of the gun therein;and Fig. 3 is a view looking into the open end of the case with the gunin position.

Referring to the drawings, l designates as a whole a gun-case embodyingthe invention and is provided with the usual cap or cover 2, a handle 3,and an adjustable carrying-strap 4. Said case may be made of anysuitable material, but preferably of leather, and its form issubstantially that shown in the drawings, being of a uniform thicknessand reduced toward one end as" to its width in the usual manner. Thewidth of the case at its widest portion, however, is substantially thesame on its interior as the widest portion of the gun-stock to be heldtherein, while at its narrowest end it is substantially the same as thewidest portion of the gun-barrels.

5 designates a longitudinally extending pocket or sack made of any toughsuitable fabric, preferably of the same material with which the case islined and secured therein along the long straight side of the case bymeans of rivets 6 or in any other desirable manner, as by a seam alongone edge thereof, the manner of securing it within the case not beingmaterial. Said pocket or sack is sulficiently large to receive thegun-barrels, the larger end or breech first, and extends the full lengthof the case. At the mouth or opening thereof said pocket is providedwith a iiap adaptedV to be folded over the end thereof in the mannerindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. After the barrels have been thusput into place and the flap turned over the ends thereof the stock ispassed into the case in the position shown in Fig. 2, from which it willbe understood that the stock goes into place with a slight wedgingeffect until it rests snugly and securely in the position indicated.

An important feature of the invention is' the fact that the soft-fabricpocket or sack 5, while large enough to admit the breech of the barrelsand the necessary coupling mechanism thereon, is of such material and soarranged that it folds upon and around the barrels in a comparativelyilat manner and constitutes a padding between the barrels and the stockto preventinjurious contact tl1erebetween,as well as to preventrattling. By this construction and arrangement both the stock and thebarrels are made to occupy a space no wider than is necessary for thestock, no thicker than is required for the thickest portion of the stockat the striker-casing, and no longer than the actual length of thebarrels.

It is obvious that modilications in details can be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, and I do not, therefore,limit i the invention to these details except in so far as they are madethe subject-matter of speciiic claims.

I claim4 1. A gun-case of iixed form and dimensions provided thereinwith a longitudinally-extending member of soft flexible material forminga pocket for the barrels of a gun, said pocket being not less,appreciably, in cross-sectional area at the smallest end of said casethan the interior cross-sectional area o'l the case at its smallestportion.

2. A gun-case of iiXed form and dimensions provided therein with alongitudinally-eXtending member of so'l't liexible material forming apocket for the barrels ot' a gun, said pocket being throughout itslength not less, appreciably, in cross-sectional area than the interiorcross-sectional area ot' the smallest part of said case, and a cap orclosure for the open end of said case.

3. Agun-case of relativelystiill material and of iiXed form anddimensions having one end open to receive the stock and barrels ot' agun, a longitudinally-cxtending pocket or sack ol soft flexible materialsecured therein to receive the barrels of a gun, said pocket or sackbeing o'l'l substantially the same cross-sectional area as thecross-sectional arca interiorly of the smallest portion of said case, aclosing-Hap for said pocket, and a cap or closure for said case.

1i. A gun-case of fixed form and dimensions, and having a widenedportion of substantially the same length as the stock of the gun to hecontained therein and of a cross-sectional area substantially the sameas the eXtreme width and thickness of said stock, said widened portionterminating in a reduced extension of the same cross-sectional area,substantially, as the largest part of the barrel portion of said gun,and a longitudinally-eXtending pocket of soft flexible material and ofthe same cross-sectional area as the interior of said extension,substantially as described.

A gun-case of fixed 'form and dimensions, the cross-sectional area ofwhich is substantially the same as that of the gun-stock and the lengthof which is substantially the same as the length of the barrels of thegun to be contained therein, and a soft flexible member mounted withinsaid case and adapted to i'old about said barrels and form a paddingbetween said barrels and said stock as the two are placed in said casein an overlapping and interlitting position relative to each other,substantially as described.

Signed at Chicago this 10th day of April, A. D. 1904.

FRANK L. SHELDON.

Witnesses:

VILLIAM R. LI'LZENBERG, FREDERICK C. GOODWIN.

